General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. PROJECT: DESERT ROCK - quot;Aquot; BOMB TEST NEVADA

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General Records of the Department of the Navy. 1941 - 2004. Moving Images Relating to Military Activities. 1947 - 1980. PROJECT: DESERT ROCK - quot;Aquot; BOMB TEST NEVADA

1954

1) MS Two MARINES JUMPING FROM FOX HOLE AND RUNNING.2) LS MARINES ADVANCE TOWARD ABOMB EXPLOSION IN BG.3) MS TWO MARINES LOOKING SKYWARD.4) LS A BOMB EXPLOSION, TWO MARINES STANDING IN FG DRESSED IN COMBAT GEAR; PAN: UP TO ORANGE MUSHROOM ON TOP OF EXPLOSION.5) LS BASE OF EXPLOSION, TWO MARINES ADVANCE TOWARD IT; PAN: UP TO MUSHROOM FIRE BALL ON TOP OF EXPLOSION.6) MS THRU WINDSHIELD OF CAR AS IT GOES THRU GATE, CHECKED BY SENTRY.7) HA MS SLIT TRENCH.8) HA MS SAME AS BEFORE, AFTER EXPLOSION, DEBRIS IN IT.9) LA MS GEN SHEPARD GETTING OUT OF R5D.10) LS R5D, PASSENGERS DISEMBARKING FROM R5D.11) MS MUSHROOM CLOUD ON TOP OF BOMB EXPLOSION; PAN: DOWN COLUMN OF SMOKE TO GROUND; MARINES IN FIELD.12) LA CU MARINES OFF LOADING FROM R5D.13) HA LS SLIT TRENCH WITH MARINES IN IT; FLASH OF LIGHT AS BOMB EXPLODES; SV; MARINES FLINCH EVERY TIME EXPLOSION SOUNDS.14) LS STREET SCENE IN LAS VAGAS, PARADE IN PROGRESS; PEOPLE DRESSED AS SCOTCHMEN; SPECTATORS LINE STREETS.15) MS TWO MARINES IN FOXHOLE AS DUST FLIES OVER TOP OF THEM.16) MS MARINE LAYING ON GROUND RELAXING.17) LS COMPANY OF MARINES STANDING OUT IN DESERT18) LS MARINES START STICKING THEIR HEADS OUT DIFFERENT FOXHOLES; MTS. IN BG.19) LS MUSHROOM CLOUD.20) HA LS MARINES IN SLIT TRENCH; MARINES STICK HEADS OUT OF TRENCH.21) HA LS MARINES JUMP FROM FOXHOLES AND ADVANCE TOWARD EXPLOSION.22) CU MARINE LOOKING SKYWARD, DRESSED IN COMBAT UNIFORM.23) LS MARINES ADVANCE TOWARD EXPLOSION.24) LS "A" BOMB EXPLOSION; ROCKS IN FG.25) LA CU MUSHROOM CLOUD AS IT STARTS SKYWARD, SOME FLAME INSIDE.26) LS A BOMB EXPLOSION, MARINES JUMPING FROM FOXHOLES IN FG.27) LS A BOMB AFTER DETANATION; ROCKS IN LEFT FG.28) LS BASE OF EXPLOSION. SV29) CU MARINE LOOKING SKYWARD.30) LS PAN: R TO L AS MARINES START ADVANCE TOWARD EXPLOSION.31) LA LS BOMB MUSHROOM CLOUD, MARINES IN FG WITH GUNS.32) CU MARINE WITH PAINT BRUSH DUSTING HIS BAR RIFLE WHILE IN A TENT.33) MS OLD PROSPECTOR WITH TWO MULES, TAKES OFF HAT AND WAVES IT.34) MS JEEP AND TRAILER AS MEN GET OUT; WEAPONS CARRIER IN BG.35) LS STREET SCENE IN LAS VAGAS AT NIGHT.36) CU SIGN; JEEPS DRIVE ALONG ROAD IN BG.37) LS TWO DUMMIES.38) CU DUMMIE BURNING ON GROUND.39) MS MARINES AS THEY LOOK AT DUMMY.40) CU DUMMY; PAN: TO TOP OF DUMMY STAKED ON POLE.41) CU DUMMY"S FACE.42) LS MARINE INSPECTING 105MM HOWITZER IN SAND BAG IMPLACEMENT.43) LA MLS NEON SIGNS IN LAS VAGAS "GAMBLING", PICTURE OF COWBOY.44) LS BETWEEN TENTS; WIND STORM IN AREA; DUST FLYING; MEN ADJUSTING TENT LINES.45) LS MARINE ADJUSTING TENT LINE.46) MS NIGHT STREET SCENE IN LAS VAGAS; SV.47) LS MARINE BUS CONVOY COMES INTO CAMP DESERT ROCK.48) LA CU SIGN: "TALK MEANS TROUBLE, DON"T TALK", ANOTHER ONE READS: "IF YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION HERE, LEAVE IT HERE."49) LS TRUCK CONVOY WITH MARINES.50) LA CU MARINES DRESSED IN COMBAT UNIFORM MARCHING PAST.QUALITY: FAIR

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Shepard, Alan B. (Alan Bartlett), 1923-1998

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Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. (November 18, 1923 – July 21, 1998) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and businessman. In 1961, he became the first American to travel into space, and in 1971, he walked on the Moon. A graduate of the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Shepard saw action with the surface navy during World War II. He became a naval aviator in 1946, and a test pilot in 1950. He was selected as one of the original NASA Mercury Seven astronauts in ...